Just a
quick update. It turns out that thins do (sometimes…) go according to plan! I
am now living in El Chalten and I found a job 3 days after I arrived. Not only
that, but I will work from 15:00 to 23:00 hs allowing me to photograph every
sunrise until the end of the season. They also gave me a room so I will be able to save some money for the winter!
Of course I
won’t be sleeping a lot, or at least not in my bed, but I do plan to sleep in
the camps around the park to have better access to the best places.
Unfortunately,
the weather here is still to dry for spring and most of the plants are dry. It
has been incredibly windy, with gust of wind that can knock you to the ground
if unprepared, sometimes it rains, now there is a little snow falling.
Hopefully
in a couple of weeks the weather will have improved a little. I miss the
green I saw when I last was here in march. I miss the flocks of birds that were
all over the place flying from tree to tree.
For now I have
been exploring the trails around the place. One in particular takes you to
Laguna de los Tres, a small mountain lake at the foot of mount Fitz Roy. Getting
there is no small feat, as you have to walk 12 km from the town just to
get there, and the last 2 km
are very steep and are still covered in snow.
Once you
get there, you see one of the most beautiful places in the park, an emerald
colored lake surrounded by glaciers and mountains. Usually. Now it is still completely
frozen which makes it even more beautiful.
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| (click to see a bigger version) Laguna de los Tres. El Chalten, Santa Cruz, Argentina |
I took a
few quick shot and made a panorama of the place. I plan to return in a few day
once the weather improves and hopefully capture a sunset from the top. It will
include my first night camping and a night ascent to the top as the camp is 600 m bellow the lake, but it
should be worth every step.
See you around!
Santiago
